Tonight's Poet Corner: Solving The Problem

Solving The Problem
by Belinda Roddie

Maybe we oughta take all
the conspiracy theorists -
the antivaxxers, flat earthers,
inside nutjobs, and "Bill Gates
created the coronavirus himself"
wackos wearing tin foil hats on top
of their MAGA caps - stap them

onto a rocket, and launch them
facefirst into the fucking moon.
Hey: At least they couldn't
argue that that moon landing was
faked over stale Doritos
and lukewarm Mountain Dew.

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